To:
William Tan <william.tan@i-dns.net>
Cc:
Bill Manning <bmanning@isi.edu>, ietf-provreg@cafax.se
From:
Michael Mealling <michael@bailey.dscga.com>
Date:
Mon, 12 Mar 2001 15:08:25 -0500
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<001e01c0ab2f$3d3797c0$0100a8c0@dready.org>; from william.tan@i-dns.net on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 04:01:33AM +0800
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Subject:
Re: Unique handle generation
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 04:01:33AM +0800, William Tan wrote: > > Yup... Thats pretty much my take as well. > > #1 has not worked well > > #2 is ... operationally challenging ... :) > > #3 might be the most fun to work on. > > I'm for the idea of uuid-like hashes. Readability has to be sacrificed, I > don't see any way out. However, handles may be hidden from the end users, > so it might not be an issue after all. You not only sacrifice readability but you also sacrifice delegated resolution. A flag namespace such as UUIDs would require either a single large database or a lookup would have to be sent to every potential object holder to see who had it.... -MM -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Mealling | Vote Libertarian! | www.rwhois.net/michael Sr. Research Engineer | www.ga.lp.org/gwinnett | ICQ#: 14198821 Network Solutions | www.lp.org | michaelm@netsol.com